Elysia chlorotica
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Introduction
Elysia chlorotica is a type of sea slug that can do photosynthesis.
Life cycle
Elysia chlorotica is small sized sea slug. The adult individual are around 3~5 centimeters long. An Elysia chlorotica has two stages of development: juvenile and adult stages, which can be distinguish by its morphology and coloring.
Kleptoplasty
Kleptoplasty is a special symbiosis behavior that the chloroplast uptake by algal prey can remain temporarily function in the organism, which allows an animal doing photosynthesis like plants. A typical species in the clade Sacoglass
